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It’s all part of life’s rich pageant for Chicago’s two-team chairman, who doesn’t seem to be slowing down at age 82 despite two rebuilds that may not come to fruition any time soon.

With “The Chairman” in Las Vegas for baseball’s winter meetings, here are the three storylines that have put him in the spotlight this week:

Harold Baines controversy

No one complained when former Cubs great Ron Santo was voted into the Hall of Fame by a veterans committee in 2011 after some persuasion by committee member Billy Williams, Santo’s friend and former teammate.

Photos of Harold Baines, the Hall of Famer and former White Sox outfielder/DH.

But the selection of former Sox DH Harold Baines on Sunday by a veterans committee that included Reinsdorf drew widespread criticism because of a debate over Baines’ career stats.

Some of those critics pointed the finger at Reinsdorf for getting Baines in and allegedly diminishing the Hall. One of the most vocal, veteran sportscaster Keith Olbermann, tweeted: “Only 1 guy had Baines anywhere near the top of the list of ‘unfairly overlooked’ — and that was Jerry Reinsdorf, who has spent 35 years running an unproductive, boring team in the #3 market as if it were based in Oshkosh WI (no offense, Oshkosh).”

Reinsdorf had nothing to do with Baines getting on the ballot, one committee member confirmed, but was placed on the voting committee by the Hall of Fame.

And while Reinsdorf was one of Baines’ biggest boosters in the meeting, he had only one vote. Eleven other members on the 16-man committee agreed with his assessment of Baines’ qualifications, though they decline to reveal their votes.

Either way, it’s a controversy that won’t die down anytime soon. Committee member Joe Torre added to the confusion Monday when MLB Network asked him about the selection process. “Sometimes numbers don’t tell you the whole story,” Torre said of Baines.

Torre did not elaborate.

Battling Scott Boras

Bryce Harper reportedly is seeking the biggest contract in baseball history, which is one reason to believe he won’t wind up on the South Side.

Reinsdorf has yet to hand out a nine-figure contract, much less a $300-mllion to $400-million deal.

Another reason is the Sox are coming off a 100-loss season and probably won’t be competitive for at least a couple of years.

But the biggest impediment may be that Harper’s agent is the notorious Boras, who has a long history of battling Reinsdorf over money, dating to first-round draft pick Bobby Seay in the summer of 1996.

Later that year, Reinsdorf called negotiations with Boras over impending Sox free agent Alex Fernandez “one of the more bizarre meetings I've ever had.” Fernandez wound up signing with the Marlins.

The next year, the Sox declined to consider any draft prospects Boras “advised.”. “In my past 15 years of doing this, we haven't had much success with Scott Boras,” senior director of player personnel Duane Shaffer explained. Williams added: “I'd be lying if I told you (Boras’ involvement) wasn't a consideration.”

The Sox ultimately made TCU pitcher Lance Broadway their first-round pick and watched him quickly flame out in a career that lasted only 27 games.

Williams relented by the winter of 2009, and unsuccessfully pursued another Boras client, free-agent outfielder Johnny Damon. And after replacing Williams as general manager, Rick Hahn selected college pitcher Carlos Rodon, another Boras guy, with the No. 3 pick in the 2014 draft, continuing the thaw.

“Quite frankly, I always got along with Kenny OK,” Boras told me in ’15. “I don't expect teams to agree with me on values or performance evaluations or whatever. ... Rick did a great job in getting (Rodon) under wraps. We both agreed on who he was and we both agreed he was going to be a major-leaguer this year. That allowed us to get a deal done.”

Rodon now is a major part of the Sox rebuild, which apparently is entering a new phase. Williams said at the winter meetings they’re all tired of losing and need to be aggressive on the market.

“It’s building, but ultimately you got to prove it to White Sox fans,” Williams said. “And we know that. And that’s what we’re setting out to do. We’re trying to earn their patience and attention.”

Signing Harper certainly would get everyone’s attention. But it also might say something about Reinsdorf’s patience with the rebuild. He turns 83 in February.

Bulls rebellion

While Reinsdorf’s primary focus is on the Sox, his other rebuild is headed in the wrong direction, as evidenced by a 6-22 record and a player revolt against new coach Jim Boylen.

Armando L. Sanchez / Chicago Tribune

Jim Boylen took over as Bulls head coach on Dec. 3 when Fred Hoiberg was fired.

Jim Boylen took over as Bulls head coach on Dec. 3 when Fred Hoiberg was fired. (Armando L. Sanchez / Chicago Tribune)

After a few players suggested a boycott of practice that led to what Tribune reporter K.C. Johnson termed “intense team meetings,” Boylen claimed he was only trying to push the players out of their so-called “comfort zone.”

“That’s what the Reinsdorfs are paying me for,” Boylen said.

This unfolding saga has all the earmarks of another Reinsdorfian debacle: the hiring of crazy Sox coach Terry Bevington to replace low-key manager Gene Lamont early in the 1995 season.

The Sox players had no respect for Bevington and were upfront about it with the media. But Reinsdorf rehired Bevington anyway after a late-season collapse in 1996.

When they finally admitted it was not working, the Sox fired Bevington after ’97 and started a rebuild.